Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Title Troubles? Here's your answer!

Do you have ever trouble thinking up a good title for your scrapbook page? Or what about a quote for the inside of a card? I struggle with titles all the time and usually end up doing something lame like "Alaska" for an Alaska layout.

I was excited when I was contacted by Betsy Flot, the author of "Inspiration Station", a handy book full of over 13,700 titles and quotes for scrapbooking and card making. She sent me a copy to review and offered another up as a signed giveaway!

The first thing I noticed when I received the book was how thorough it was. There was a category for everything a scrapbooker could think of: seasons, holidays, sports, school, business/career, moving, animals, angels, travel (by state also!), going places, courtship to marriage, baby, birthday, hobbies, all about me, sentiments, etc.

Reading through the list gave me ideas for pages I need to make. To see the whole list of categories, click HERE!

When I received the book, I was intrigued by it's size - 608 pages in a spiral bound 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" book. There's a lot of information here! I loved the spiral binding which made flipping to the relevant sections quick. The size would make it easy to pack for a crop.

The book is well organized in categories and then alphabetized sub-categories (see above). I like how simple it is to find what I need.

254 comments:

What a great idea! When I look at layouts created by others, they seem to always have the perfect caption or title. Me, on the other hand, go totally blank when trying to think of a caption that would fit the layout or card. This book is just what I need! ninadee@sbcglobal.net

This would be a terrific resource to have on hand....I am always struggling for great "insides" for cards....and titles for my pages...I am definitely going to have to get this book! Thanks for sharing!!!Tanya T

This would be helpful. I find myself using the same titles for events like "Carving Pumpkins" etc. LOL. It would be nice to have some creative suggestions to use or get the juices flowing! Thanks for the chance to win, I'm already a follower! Live for Scrappin

Seriously, I leave a space to put a title or caption, and month's later I still don't have one. This is fantastic. Where can they be found, because I'm obviously not the only one with the problem....and we can't all win it.....so some of us will probably want to run out and buy it. Thanks for the chance to win.

Okay I really REally need this, and October 29th is my 40th Birthday and I would be blessed to win this. I often don't even put titles on my page or journaling because my mind just goes blsnk. This would help me out alot to have title ideas and quotes! I also like the idea of looking through this book and getting ideas of pages to do.

What a great book, one that I'm in desperate need of!! I struggle with titles and have zero creativity at all when it comes to them, this book looks like its right up my alley! Thanks for the chance to win!

Sadly, I'm real original, like you mentioned...a page about a trip to Alaska? Let's call it..."Alaska". I guess I feel like after I've been so creative to create the page I have nothing left for the title!

I have a heck of a time thinking of something appropriate to put on my cards. When I want tosay something cute it usually winds up sounding silly and not so cute. This would be a great tool for me, Thank you for the chance to win.

at a loss oh yeah! my halloween cards have to mail tomorrow and no title or quote inside. i'll be up all night trying to find the perfect riddle or quote for each recipient - yeah this book would be a blessing!westbergcm

I do need to move beyond the basic "Happy Birthday" and "congratulations" for cards...but for scrapbook pages, I just draw inspiration from the pictures I'm using or just embellish the name of the subject in the photo.

I also struggle with a title page and card phrases. I spend lots of time searching the internet and sometimes find the right one but many times not. I have scrapbook pages without titles or with da titles. What a great idea for us. Thanks for letting us have a chance to win it.Linda in Stanwood

That sounds like a great book. Oftentimes I have ideas for titles but no layout to match, then when i have the layout ready I've forgotten the great title I had. I must start writing things down in a book or just get this one!

I have such a hard time coming up with page titles that aren't cheesy or that I will regret later! I love when I do have a great title and can start building the page there but I often find myself adding the title at the very end and making it tie into the page rather than guide the page.

Sometimes title just come to me and sometimes it's the hardest part of the LO. It all depends! It's especially hard when I'm making a blank album to give to a friend to come up with titles I think will apply to their pictures...Thanks for the chance to get some help with that!!!

Yes, I struggle quite a bit trying to think of appropriate titles for my scrapbook pages. Sometimes I just can't think of anything and don't put a title on it. Would love to win this book; I think it would do me a world of good and I won't waste so much time trying to think of a good or catchy title. Thanks for the chance to win!

Oh I'm so happy to see I'm not the only one who struggles with titles! I always leave the title for last because I can never think of a clever or capturing title. I even have layouts without titles because I just couldn't find that perfect phrase or title. This book would save me! I would love love love to win one. Please let me be the lucky winner.

I could really use this!!! I am always struggling with coming up with something new to say on my pages!!I also scrap with a group of ladies who would love for me to bring to our crops to share!Pick me! pick me!!!!

What a great idea! I'm always at a loss for a sentiment, end up searching the Internet, past cards, and cards in various catalogs. This book sounds like a real God send.thanks for an opportunity to win it.

What a great giveaway! I do have trouble coming up with awesome titles for my pages. I've learned that the whole page should start based on the title and journaling. I always end up doing my journaling last. This book might inspire me to reverse my thinking.

I've seen books like this before but they always seem to be severely lacking. As I struggled just this morning with what to say in a sympathy card, I could really use this book. I would love an opportunity to win it. Thanks!

Hi Joy. Thanks for the opportunity to win this creative title book. I sooo need this as it really takes a long time to come up with a creative title for a layout, sometimes even longer than the layout itself. My pages have become very boring because I'm just trying to catch up (I'm like 8 years behind in my son's chronological albums). Thanks for the chance to win.

My BIGGEST problem is titles and sayings. I am not a mushy person so it is very difficult for me to express things in ways that other people would enjoy and appreciate. And it is so funny that you use Alaska as your example. When I did my Alaska scrapbook that is exactly the "title" I used. How awesomely creative!

I am always on the look out for sentiments to add to cards and this looks perfect! I keep a spreadsheet of quotes and sentiments that I've come across that I think would be handy for my card making. Thanks for the chance to win this wonderful resource!

This book would really give me the inspiration needed to get going on my projects again, I am so behind and I always find it hard to come up with titles! Thanks for the chance to win a copy!ReneeGohogwild dot renee at gmail dot com

Wow I'm so excited someone finally thought to do this. I always have trouble and find myself spending more time searching the net for what to say then actually working on the project. Love this. Thanks so much for making it easier.

I always struggle with finding/selecting title and quotes. I usually go with whatever the event is or something about the picture that I'm scrappin' Thanks for the opportunity to win such a valuable tool!

Sentiments for cards often takes me a lot of time to fill in. I keep quotes i love in a book, but they can only be used so many times. This book looks chock full of help! Thank you for the opportunity to win a bit of inspiration, Joy!

I would so love to have this book. I put off scrapbooking special events because I can't come up with a good title. I have a two-page Christmas layout on my work table right now that is screaming for help. Thanks so much for offering this.

I would "LOVE" to win this wonderful "Inspiration Station" book!!! I really struggle with titles and quotes, as I end up going blogging alot to pick up some inspiration, so I don't get my page quite done as I'm checking out too many blogs! :-)

I don't really scrapbook. However, as a cardmaker with very few sentiment stamps, I usually have to create my sentiments in MS Word, (or the old-fashioned way: by hand. Gasp!) This book would help to compensate for the time it takes to come up with a sentiment. Especially, considering that it takes me extra time to generate it on the computer.

How awesome are you Joy!!!! this is such a fabulous giveaway, I do struggle with my titles it is hard to choose a name to match a couple of picks at a time and most of the times I struggle with the sizes of them too ;? as a matter of fact I am struggling with some Fall pages for my kids book, this will help tremendously with my Scrapbooking!!! Thanks for the chance!Have a lovely day!Lizunikebyyes{at}yahoo{dot}com

Sounds like an awesome book. I'm behind on my scrapbooks -- mainly because I can't always come up with titles for my pages. This books sounds like a great way to get ideas on creating all kinds of things -- scrapbooks, cards, etc.

This book is such a wonderful and insightful book. Having always struggled with titles or journaling, after finishing a layout I just put it aside until I can think of something to go with the layouts. When I go to crops and see other scrappers pages and their titles, I am green with envy because they seem to know what to say. Funny but my Alaska trip would just say Alaska too. I would love to win this book....so I'll keep my fingers (and toes) crossed. Thank you so much for giving us an opportunity to win.

I had a product like this that I bought about 10 years ago. It was two separate books published by EK Success. One was "Top Titles & Tips, Too" and the other was "The Write Words". At the time, it was handy, but it was cumbersome having two books and it wasn't very easy to search, either. In recent years, I've started searching the web for title ideas, but I think I'd really like to have the book! It looks like it's well organized and would be a handy addition to my scrapbook kit! Please pick me! :)

OHHHH! This is so me! I make a card, then have NO idea what I'm going to say on it because it always sounds so lame in my head lol... Thanks for this opportunity! If I don't win? Well, She will get a sale anyway HAH!TK Watson (email subscriber bofussss at msn dot com)

This would be awesome to have as part of my "toolbox"! I haven't started on my Alaska pages yet but they would probably just say Alaska too. I seem to get mental blocks when trying to convey what the pictures really say. Thanks!

Always have problems with page titles at the moment there are about 8 almost finished pages waiting for titles. Seem to use the same saying or quotes in cards over and over. This book would be VERY helpful to me.

This is a GREAT book!! What a concept, I think just about every/any scrapbooker/card maker could use! Just like the others, I am always at a loss for cards & usually come up w/ a poem or something. Sometimes it takes me days PAST the event to finish the poem!! Thanks to you BOYH for this Golden Opportunity!!! kweenbee_612@yahoo.com

i'm already subscribed. i have trouble with quotes all the time. i end up having to look for other peoples projects to see what 'they' use, before i can finish what i'm working on...what a great idea to have all these suggestions in one book!

Here I am - #140. And I thought I was the only one that had trouble coming up with a title for a scrapbook page or a card. Guess I am not. I always seem to come up with the same old thing and that is not good and when I look for a title - it just doesn't seem to fit. So I am the one that needs the book. HELP!

I enjoy scrapbooking but am always stumped trying to come up with a catchy title. Glad to know that I'm not the only one. This book will be a great help and thanks for the chance to win a copy.Sharonaka celticrafter

I do struggle with titles! I try to look through song titles and poetry, but I often rely on "son" or "mom" or "love"... sigh. I'd like to take it up a few notches! Thank you for the chance to win this terrific helper.

I was just at a 4 day crop and everyone was ask each other "do you have an idea of what I could do for my title" I could have sold 18 copies very easly (still can). I love the fact that is has titles and quotes together.

I usually just do a name and a generic date! I yearn something pithy, or appropo, or perfect to say but when the time comes, my mind just goes blank! Thank you for the opportunity to win this treasure!

What a great giveaway...TY! Titles and quotes for cards are my toughest challenge. Sometimes I finish the project and think that 'something will come to me' as I see it come together only to find I'm still as blank as I was from the start. I've had other books, but if you have reviewed this one and think it's a winner. then I'll have to try it too. Thanks for the help!Beth Anne in Pgh PAwoody42997 at aol dot com

This sounds great!!! I'm an "Alaska" scrapper/carder myself--or often just leave a title off, so I'd love something like this. I've seen some books that have cheesy titles, so I'm looking for one NOT CHEESY!! Thanks for sharing w/ us!

I always have problems with saying for cards, I don't do a lot of scrapbooking, but my daughter does so if I won I would share it with her. Thanks for a great giveaway, this book looks like great inspiration.

I make many, many cards and am always at a loss for a good sentiment/saying for the insides!! Also, we travel twice a year for weeks at a time really enjoying this great country (and a few trips to Canada)but I'm at a loss completely as to titles for the pages I scrap -

This book would be a wonderful addition to my craft room and I'm sure it would be used a lot! Most of my cards are blank inside because I just can't seem to find the right saying to put in there. What a help this would be and I would just lovvveee to have one. If I don't win this one I'll just have to put it on my Christmas list!

WOW - This book has my name written all over it! I spend more time coming up with titles for my scrapbook pages then it does to make the pages, Friends laugh and make fun of me because I won't just put a drab and dreary title on my pages, I want something Fun and unique! I also struggle with always finding the right sentiment to go inside my cards, if it is a personal card for a specific reason I don't do too bad with that, the writing cards for example operation write home I do struggle with writing to someone I do not know. So again this book has my name written all over it, thank you so much for the opportunity to win such a fabulous gift! Hope this finds you all having a very blessed day, sheryl

I can usually whip up a card or page but then get suck on what to title the page/card. What a great addition to anyone's craft room. I would love for it to make a home with me. Thanks for the great giveaway.

OH MY Goodness, i NEED this, if you look in my only scrapbook i have one page...yes one page that has writing on it...i so suck at figuring out titles and journalling...this would be amazing..thanks so much for the chance...

wow, this would be a great book to have, but I doubt you can get it out here. I'm always at a loss for good titles and sometimes take a whole class or more for it instead of starting the project. this would be a great gift! thank-you

I always have a hard time with titles...whenever I look at my pages I think of something to pop off the page and its always missing a title or focus point for the page...this book looks like a must have!!! Thanks for sharing!

Words have never come easy for me. It seems i go blank when something special is needed. I would love this book. Thanks for a chance to win it. I subscribe by e-mail to your blog. Edwina Brown edwinabrown@comcast.net

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